Atmospheric washing-machine



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D. E. TAYLOR.

ATMOSPHERIC WASHING MACHINE.

No. 327,619. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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ATMOSPHERIC WASHING MACHINE.

No. 327,619. Patented 001;. 6, 1885.

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EPECI'FIUATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,619, dated October6, 1885.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. TAYLOR, of Dudley, in the county ofXVorcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in At mospheric VVashing-Machines; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full de scription of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of awashing-machine embracing my said improvements; Fig. 2, a side viewlooking in the direction of arrow to, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an end viewlooking in the direction of arrow 1), Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a cross-section online A B, Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section on line C, Fig. 1, onan enlarged scale, and Fig. 6 a bottom view of the washing'case orhollow plunger, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In some particulars my present invention may be regarded as animprovement upon the washingmachine for which Letters Patent weregranted to me on the 7th day of December, 1880, No. 235,107, and thenature of my present improvements consist in, first, the combination,with the socketed stem or spindle, of the hollow washing plunger orcase, swinging adjustable arm, and tightening-clamp, as will behereinafter more fully described, second, the combination, with theswinging arm, of a vertically and horizontally slotted reciprocatingslide and crank, as will be hereinafter more fully described; third, thecombination, with the hollow case or plunger, of a rotating washing tubor receptacle, and mechanism arranged for revolving the same, as will behereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, the part marked 13 is the washing tub or receptacle, tothe bottom of which is secured a supporting stem or spindle, D, whichpasses through and is supported by the framing E, a nut, (Z, beingattached to the bottom of the spindle, as fully indicated in Fig. 5 ofthe drawings. \Vashing-receptacle D rests upon friction-rolls c, c, andf, thelatter being secured to a spindle, g, which turns in suitablebearings at each end of said spindle. A crank-arm, h, is attached to themiddle of shaft and has connected to it at its upper end one end of alink or shackle bar, h, the lower end of said shackle-bar beingconnected to the lower end of lever F, which is pivoted to the frame Gof the machine at 1 the upper end, F, of lever F being forced back bymeans of a cam, G, 011 the main operatingshaft I, the upper end, F, ofsaid lever F being drawn back in the opposite direction, as the camrotates, by means of a spiral spring, 6.

To the side of arm h is fastened a pawl, is, pivoted at it, and held inmesh with ratchettecth m on wheel or, tightly fastened on shaft 9 bymeans of a spring, on, whereby, when lever F is vibrated back and forthby means of cam G, shaft g has an intermittent rotary motion imparted toit, which mot-ion it in turn imparts through friction wheel or rollf tothe washing tub or receptacle, thereby giving the tub agradual rotarymotion.

Main operating-shaft I is provided on its front end with a crank, I,froniwhich a crankpin, 1, projects and passes through a horizontal slot,J, in the slide-piece J, which has a vertical recess on its front sideto receive the swinging spindle J to the lower end of which is securedthe hollow plunger or washing'ease K,and which hollow plunger orwashing-case is provided with a tubular stem, K, open at its upperend,wherebyit can be slipped tightly upon the screw-cylinder K, whichscrews upon the threadedlowerporion, J",of theswinging spindle J Tubularstem K extends down into the hollow plunger or washing-case K, and isprovided with a circular head, L, as fully indicated in Fig. f thedrawings. The upper end of screw-cylinder K is slotted,and has tittedaround such slotted part a clamppiece, L, provided with cars it, throughwhich a screw, n, passes, whereby the attendant, by loosening screw it,can screw up or down screw-tube K thereby raising or lowering thewashingcase K, to adjust it to any desired height, after which, byscrewing up screw it, it is securely clamped to'the swinging spindlepart J As clamp L encircles the upper part of screw tube K the slot insaid tube is covered; but the construction and operation,

with the above explanation, will be well understood by those skilled inthe art of making clamp-fits.

To the lower end of washing-case or plunger K are secured a series ofloopsprings, M, the inner ends ofsuch springs being connected by anindependent skeleton frame, M, said skeleton frame being made in thisinstance from four wire loops or links, which cross and are fastened toeach other, but in such a manner that each set of loop ends 0 of springsM can spring freely in toward each other as skeleton frame M and loopedsprings M are pressed up into the plunger or case K, when they come incontact with the clothes being washed,the action being, so far as theup-anddown motion is concerned, similar to the action of myclotheswasher patented December 7, 1880; but in that machinethe framewhich connected the spring-loops was tight, and my present skeletonframe is an improvement on such form of frame, in that it allows the airand water to pass up and down freely through such frame, whereas in myoriginal machine it would not, thereby to a considerable extentimpairing the practical utility and successful operation of suchwashing-machine. Again, in that machine the head corresponding to head Lin my present machine was supported by braces or stays secured to theinner upper side of the washing case or plunger, while the stem by whichthe case was operated was secured to the upper outer side of the case,whereas in my present invention the hollow stem is inserted through thetop of the washing-case and extends down and forms the support for headL, and also a tube or socket for the end of the spindle or handle, bywhich the washing case or plunger is operated, thus rendering theconstruction of the device less expensive and more lasting, while thewhole is rendered stronger and less liable to become injured or brokenby use.

Hinged spindle J is pivoted atpin the slotted sliding or reciprocatingpiece J, which works up and down in suitable guides in the cross-piecesN N of frame G, and said swinging spindle is also provided with holes 88, corresponding with similar holes in the sides of the slottedreciprocating piece J, to enable the operator, by means of a pin, t, toreadily detach the lower portion of said spindle from said sliding orreciprocating piece J for the purpose of swinging out the washing caseor plunger K to put in or take out clothes from the receptacle D, andalso for adjusting the case upon the screw end of said swinging lever,and this adjustment is effected by simply removing pin t, which allowsthe case or plunger K to swing up, as shown in dotted lines,

and a handle put in the tubular socket, and the device used by hand towash clothes in the receptacle D or in a separate receptacle.

Thus it will be seen that by my invention the device may be used as apower or hand machine. When used as a powermac-hine, it is operated bymeans of the handcrank O; or, if preferred, a pulley may be substitutedin lieu thereof, when it may be driven by any suitable power.

By the combination and arrangement of the mechanism for reciprocatingthe washing case or plunger and the feed of the clothesreceptacle D, thelatter is rotated at the time the washing case or plunger is raised toits highest position, and at which point it remains at rest whilecrankpin 1 is traversing the slot J, by which arrangement a new portionof the clothes is brought under the washing case or plunger at each downmotion.

As nut d screws against a shoulder on the bottom of spindle D, there isno binding of said spindle, but it is left free to rotate with theclothesreceptacle.

In practice I prefer to make two or more holes in the lower end of leverF, and acorrespond ing numberin the upper end of arm It, so that link hcan be changed to give a greater or less motion to the ratchetwheel ateach vibration of lever F.

As the operation of the water and air upon the clothes by this generalform of washingmachine is quite fully described in my said patent ofDecember 7, 1880, upon which machine my present invention is animprovement, no further detailed description is necessary.

Having described my improvements in atmospheric Washingmachines, what Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination,with the socketed stem or plunger K and hollowadjustable plunger K, of hinged arm. J J pin 8, and tighteningclamp L,said parts being constructed and arranged in relation to each othersubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,with pivoted swinging arm J J of the vertically andhorizontally slotted reciprocating slide J, and operatingcrank I I",substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the hollow plunger K, provided with arm J" J,and shaft I, of the reciprocating slide J, leverFF, spring ,1", cam G,link-arm H, pawl 7c, and ratchet m, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

DAVID E. TAYLOR.

WVitnesses:

THos. H. DODGE, g CHAS. D. GAY.

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